Fatal collision in Maltby, Rotherham

Officers are asking for anyone who may have witnessed a collision in Maltby last night, in which two men died, to please come forward.

Just after 8.40pm, a red Citroen C1 was travelling along the A631 Tickhill Road, Maltby, towards Tickhill when it appears to have failed to negotiate a right hand bend, mounted the pavement and subsequently collided with a bridge parapet.

A 40-year-old man driving the car and a 27-year-old man who was a passenger in the car were sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

There were a number of people at the scene who witnessed the collision and officers want anyone who has not yet come forward, or who saw what happened, to contact them.

If you saw the collision or the manner of driving of the car prior to the incident, please call 101 quoting incident number 1136 of 6 October 2017.